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21919
مسند أحمد
الإمام أحمد بن حنبل (ت ٢٤١ هـ)

Musnad Ahmad 21923

حديث أبي عبد الرحمن سفينة مولى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
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Musnad AhmadHadith 21923Ungradedمسند أحمدرقم ٢١٩٢٣حديث أبي عبد الرحمن سفينة مولى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

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حدثنا زيد بن الحباب، حدثني حماد يعني ابن سلمة، عن سعيد بن جمهان، حدثني سفينة أبو عبد الرحمن، قال: سمعت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: " الخلافة ثلاثون عاما ثم الملك " فذكره

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Edition Musnad al-Imam Ahmad, ed. Shu'ayb al-Arna'ut et al., Mu'assasat al-Risala, 1995-2001 (OpenITI Shamela0025794); numbering of that edition. Al-Arna'ut's grading footnotes are not in the digital text.

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #21923 in Musnad Ahmad.

[Core Subject]: The Prophet ﷺ foretold that the caliphate after him would last thirty years and then become kingship, and that the religion would stay strong under twelve rulers, all from Quraysh.

[Described Characteristics]: Safinah counted the thirty years: Abu Bakr two, Umar ten, Uthman twelve, Ali six. The thirtieth year was completed by al-Hasan's months, after which Mu'awiyah ruled.

[Timeline & Context]: The thirty years ran from 11 to 41 AH, and kingship followed; this has passed.

[Prophetic Practice]: 'Hold to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided caliphs after me; bite onto it with your molar teeth.'

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